UNSPSC 50401501: Brittany artichokes

The variety of artichokes known as brittany artichokes

UNSPSC 50401501 Brittany artichokes is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure fresh produce through this code primarily as components of school nutrition programs and institutional food service, and recent opportunities show demand concentrated in fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, child nutrition meal components, and bulk produce for canning and food service operations. The code appears primarily in school district RFPs and ITBs, with secondary activity from state departments of criminal justice, county boards of education, and municipal school systems serving K–12 populations. Purchasing bodies range from small rural school districts (Early County, Bryan County) to large urban districts (Austin ISD with 83 elementary schools, Northside ISD serving the San Antonio area, McAllen ISD with 20,000 students) and state-level procurement on behalf of institutional food service. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, joined by Head Start programs, county boards of education, state departments of criminal justice, and municipal school systems. Within school districts, the School Nutrition Program or Food and Nutrition Services division typically holds procurement authority, often publishing RFPs, ITBs, and IFBs with five-day to eight-week response windows.

Geographic activity spans Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, and Missouri, with Texas and Georgia showing the densest recent procurement volume. Representative current opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District's July 29, 2026 RFB for fresh fruit and vegetable snacks sourced within 400 miles of Wisconsin (with a 5% diverse-vendor preference and $0.20 per-pound organic discount in evaluation), Northside Independent School District's May 7, 2026 RFP for fresh produce to 117 schools with weekly deliveries and HACCP certification required, Hillsborough County Public Schools' March 11, 2026 RFP for specialty fruits and vegetables supporting the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program at 18 elementary schools with an estimated annual budget of $600,000, and the Douglas County School System's March 4, 2026 RFP through the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 school districts with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One. School districts typically require USDA Child Nutrition Reimbursable compliance, HACCP plans with 24/7 recall capability, general liability insurance ranging from $500,000 to $2 million, temperature-controlled delivery, and weekly to twice-weekly delivery schedules. Pricing is often firm for the initial contract year with redetermination provisions based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service reports or Consumer Price Index data. Most contracts run one school year (July 1 through June 30) with renewal options for two to four additional one-year terms. Buy American provisions apply to school district procurements, and geographic or local-sourcing preferences appear in districts across Texas, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Evaluation criteria commonly weight cost between 30 and 50 percent, product quality and availability between 15 and 30 percent, service delivery and vendor qualifications between 10 and 25 percent, and compliance/references between 5 and 15 percent.